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Peterson has a lateral collateral ligament tear, HC Brad Childress said at his press conference today. It's uncertain how much time Peterson will miss but he's certainly out for Sundays' game against the Raiders. The damage is to the lower third of the ligament, Childress said. "What they do is they identify it both clinically and with an MRI and they go ahead and grade it with a three being the worst and one being the least," Childress explained. "He's got a two-plus tear in that ligament."
Reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Childress said the "good news" is that Peterson's knee otherwise is stable. "The PCL, ACL, meniscus, all the other structures are good in that knee," Childress said. "If it was a lineman they would be braced up and play, maybe. We'll reserve judgment on what's appropriate for that at the time. Everybody heals differently. ..." Stay tuned. We'll have more on a timetable for his return in coming days.
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